Many celebs are making a usually casual hairstyle red carpet worthy by slicking strands back to perfection. Pulling your hair back is an easy go-to, but these tips will take your look to the next level. Take note from Jennifer Lopez, Holland Roden, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Marano who are each showing us how it’s done.

Celebrity hair and makeup artist, Valerie Noble, shared her favorite tips to achieving a polished pony in a few easy steps. For Vanessa’s hair, Noble started with Redken Glass 01 Smoothing Anti Frizz Serum. A product like this is crucial to the style as it not only keeps frizz at bay for those with curlier textures, it will also tame flyaways.

Next, flat iron hair bone straight. Smoothing out every curl is key to creating a sleek end product. Opt for a small 1 inch iron and focus on the roots and slightly bend ends.

Once hair is straight gather all pieces. Noble says to, “brush all the hair up, just below the crown.” Location, location, location, is very important for today’s it ponytail. Placing too high can easily turn ‘80’s, so we recommend a mid to lower placement. Gather strands using Hair Bungees. Noble used them for Vanessa’s thick hair. Hair Bungees are perfect for thick hair and give more control over desired tightness. And if your ponytail isn’t as thick as you’d like, try adding clip-in extensions.

After her first outing at San Diego’s Comic-Con 2014 on Thursday, Holland Roden was back on the red carpet not once, not twice, but three times, over the weekend.

‘Bates Motel’ Party: Make a sizzling entrance at the ‘Playboy’ and A&E party on Friday, the actress wore a red lace Jay Godfrey dress with matching platform pumps and a metallic Kotur clutch. The flirty silhouette was sweet, but the sheer detailing assured a sexier flair. However, despite the hot red colour, the look fell a bit flat with her messy ’do and undetectable makeup.

‘Teen Wolf’ Panel: Switching to a far more subtle look, Holland was pretty in a deep teal, printed skater dress by Opening Ceremony. Here, the more unkempt updo worked in her favour.

Entertainment Weekly’s Annual Comic-Con Celebration: Polishing off her trio of looks with a Haney plunge jumpsuit with opaque mesh netting, the actress worked a mannish vampy vibe for Saturday’s party at the Hard Rock Hotel. With her flame locks slicked into a ponytail and her bold red lip, this had just the right amount of drama and was my favourite of the three. A gold Rodo clutch completed her look.